Using partial probability weighted moments and partial maximum entropy to estimate quantiles from censored samples

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-417

  Deng, Jian ^a,b   Pandey, M D ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Censored samples; Partial maximum entropy principle; Partial probability weighted moment; Quantile function

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

CENSORED SAMPLES; DISTRIBUTION-FREE METHODS; ENGINEERING RELIABILITIES; INCOMPLETE DATUM; LIFE-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTIAL MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE; PARTIAL PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENT; PROBABILITY WEIGHTED MOMENTS; QUANTILE FUNCTION;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 63449107359     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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